The Gods of Mars: by Edgar Rice Burroughs

By Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Gods of Mars is Burroughs' sequel to A Princess of Mars. After ten long years, John Carter is again transported to Mars to try and determine the fate of his wife Dejah Thoris, but finds himself in the forbidden Valley Dor, from which no man may return. Published serially in five parts between January and May 1913, this sequel appeared a year after the initial serialization of its predecessor. It was eventually published in its full novel form in 1918.Although the Martian series contains ten books in total, the first three-of which The Gods of Mars is the second-are often considered a stand-alone trilogy. Throughout the series, Burroughs' imagination and sense of adventure shine through, and his extravagant prose and innovative vocabulary raise the works up above run-of-the-mill pulp fiction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTTR1QVN
• ISBN13: 9791043144103
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Culturea
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Be sure to read "A Princess of Mars" first.

We last left John suffocating and wondering if we would ever see him again (except for those few intrepid people who dare to read ahead). "Twelve years passed since I laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond." John returns to the Mars he never saw before, yet soon finds old friends and new adventures. Not everything is black and white as in the Saturday morning Cowboys. The story is a never-ending series of last-minute escapes until the very end when, well, read the book and find out. Once again, we get to kibitz.